Sr TPM (Technical Product Manager)

Sr TPM (Technical Product Manager) 100% Remote Contract : 05+ months

Job description :

Develop and manage operational plans for the work group. Manage product planning and prioritization through day-to-day collaboration and decision making with a cross-functional team including engineers, architects, and business partners.

Collect, aggregate, and create cross-functional requirements. Align with business

partners to balance business and technical objectives and manifest these as clear, stable

priorities for the team. Balance business need, capacity, and risk when proposing

solutions.

Use Kanban, Agile or other Kaizen management models for work prioritization and

continuous improvement, to manage tradeoffs on scope, resources, timeline,

expectations.

Prepare, communicate, and educate stakeholders on changes in planning, standards,

and practices within the organization. Interact directly with business stakeholders to

understand business problems and manage expectations. Present

options / recommendations clearly and persuasively to support service decisions.

Practice iterative, agile development. Identify and document technical tradeoffs as well

as dependencies and constraints. Performs validation against stated goals; facilitate

reviews and completion.

Support operational delivery. As needed, participate in operational delivery of

governance services to ensure stakeholder experience and address capacity spikes in

service needs.

Negotiate outcomes with the business, leadership and team. Create plans to support the

work negotiated.

Skills the ideal candidate would possess :

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field
• Demonstrated ability to use analytics and optimization tools to inform product planning

and prioritization

Demonstrated ability to work with the business and engineering to deliver system

capabilities, not features

Hands on experience in developing roadmaps, priorities, features, story outlines,

writing user stories, refining product backlogs, and coordinating / prioritizing conflicting

requirements in a fast-paced, changing environment with variety of stakeholders (5

years)

Industry experience in a technology environment with a record of successfully

delivering complex products

Strong verbal and written communications skills. Consistently uses communications

skills to influence outcomes within a known skill set

Hands on experience in developing roadmaps, story outlines, writing user stories,

refining product backlogs, and coordinating / prioritizing conflicting requirements

across teams in a fast-paced, changing environment

Detailed and results-oriented, able to analyze data to justify product decisions and

apply key learnings

Ability to thoroughly understand complex business and technical issues and influence

decision making

Ability to apply knowledge of multidisciplinary business principles and practices to

achieve successful outcomes in cross-functional projects and activities

• Ability to influence others without authority to get things done on time
• Ability to work within large organizations to collaborate and drive cross-functional

efforts and build partnerships to secure the resources necessary to achieve goals

• Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Strong knowledge of agile development practices, methodologies, and tools
• Knowledgeable of product ownership methodology to highlight issues and help as

needed for product / service lifecycle.